CHICAGO, Jan 06, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The American Medical Association (AMA) Foundation will honor five physicians with awards representing the highest ideals of medical service in providing care to underserved and uninsured patients. These physicians are recognized for their altruism, compassion, and leadership. The physicians will be presented with awards during the eighth annual Excellence in Medicine Awards dinner on March 1, 2010 in conjunction with the AMA National Advocacy Conference in Washington D.C. 

A Department of Veterans Affairs study reports a three-fold increase in depression and post-traumatic stress after repeat combat duty, raising questions about the Pentagon’s ability to keep soldiers with combat-related psychological problems away from the front. 

Judith Broder wins Purpose prize for The Soldiers Project

Rossana Cambran choked back tears as she recalled watching her son, Arturo Cambron Jr., suffer a flashback. The now-26-year-old Army soldier was at home on leave in between combat tours in Iraq. He had just returned from a night out with friends when something triggered a memory from a not-so-distant but traumatic past.

Often, the wounds are not as obvious as a lost limb or a scar. Of the nearly 2 million men and women who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2002, an estimated half-million have been diagnosed with brain injuries, depression or post-traumatic stress disorder.